Motivated closing of the mind: "seizing" and "freezing".

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• Publication year

  1996

• Venue

  Psychology Review

• Publication date

  1996-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/0033-295X.103.2.263PMID 8637961
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